The Rejected Page

Hello Friends!

We can always count on Gayle to amaze us with her new collages... I'll bet you will love this one too!

What's more, the idea behind this piece is also very inspiring - as Gayle says - "From 'rejected' to 'recycled'... it is never too late, we can always find a way."

These words always so close to my heart, the sentiments that I just had to have among my stamps.

I hope we'll inspire you to act and to create and never to give up!

Hello lovely Finnabair friends.

I’m sure you have a few of them lying around... You know, those pages that you made a start on, had a great idea but it just wasn’t working; it wasn’t going to plan, so you rejected it, tossed it into a corner and started on a new piece of card or paper. It didn’t actually get thrown away because it was a nice big piece of paper and perhaps you could do something on the back. It was just left and forgotten.

In our Finn Team Spread Your Wings Academy we talked about “blank pages” and how difficult it is sometimes to start a page. My lovely Creative Team mate Marta has recently made a video on How To Break The Blank Page - check these two links out and you will find a LOT of encouragement and fantastic inspirations.

But sometimes it’s worth re evaluating those “rejected “ pages. They already have some marks and some colour on them; maybe it’s possible they can be re worked; maybe you can find a way to bring the rejected page to life; it is never too late... )

Here is my “reject” page. A piece of thin cardstock, not heavy enough to put a lot of embellishment on, not even gessoed, so will not support a lot of wet mixed media, but it does have a beautiful yellow/orange swish of acrylic paint and a few random stamps on it (I think I was trying out one of those stamp rollers). It’s perfect for collage (my favourite thing to do).

1. The first thing I did was an image transfer; just collage in reverse really. I love how the swish of yellow colour still shows through. Art Basics Soft Matte Gel works perfectly every time for this technique.

 Here's what my page looked like with the transfer in place.

2. A little bit of texture through a Finnabair Elementals Halftone Stencil using Modeling Paste.

3. Now framing the face with collaged paper and paper napkins. Again, Soft Matte Gel works perfectly for collage.

4. Final details - some stamping with Finnabair stamps: cling stamp “Never Too Late” and clear stamp “Messy”. A bit more colour with Gelatos and some watercolour paint and some flowers (which I didn’t end up using). The black “blob” on the lip has been covered with some lettering. The page is not perfect but it has been given a second chance.

 From “rejected” to “recycled”... it is never too late, we can always find a way.
 Here's my completed collage:

Revamp your rejects, you might be surprised where they take you.
Have fun and thanks for looking.
Gayle xx

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